Only 68 people per day are allowed to visit this New Zealand bird-watcher’s paradise.

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauo tamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronuku pokaiwhenuakitanatahu.

Taihape's claim to fame is a fictional Kiwi farmer wearing gumboots.

A New Zealand rubbish dump named after British comedian John Cleese.

The "punniest place on Earth” has nearly as many bull-themed puns as it does people.

A tower made from shell rock designed to commemorate fallen soldiers in World War I.

The largest model carrot in the world.

This remote highway took over 50 years to build.

This bridge was designed to connect a road that never came to fruition.

These neon green and blue lakes are in the shadow of two huge volcanoes.

Come for the bait, stay for the brioche.

This 46-foot-tall carving of a legendary Māori navigator can only be visited by boat.

Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.

Deadly scalding and one of the largest hot springs in the world.

The once and future home of New Zealand's famed Pink and White Terraces.

An immersive Māori village where you can learn history and heritage through dance, ceremony, song, architecture, and food.

A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

The wooden sculptures are studded throughout a small New Zealand town.

These two delightful animal-shaped buildings host a visitor center and wool shop.

Large World War II gun emplacements and tunnel systems remain hidden near a remote end of Waiheke Island.

New Zealand's west coast is one of the best places in the world to view these large seabirds.